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Michael Jackson's First Music Teacher Reunites with Jackson Family at School Dedication

"I taught him 'Climb Every Mountain' from the 'Sound of Music' and later he did," Michael Jackson's first music teacher Anita Hill said. "That's what started it. I was his

CALUMET TOWNSHIP – Michael Jackson's first music teacher in kindergarten recognized immediately he was a prodigy. Anita Hill, who jokes that people already know her name, put the future "King of Pop" in a choir with older students. She taught him "The Star-Spangled Banner," nursery rhymes like "Hickory Dickory Dock" and classical music.

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